Rail joint and chair.



W. F. SGHERER. Rm rom? mn GHAR,

APPLGATION FILED SEPT. 21. 1914.

Patented Dec; 22, 1914 W. F 5CH EB E R g,- 1,122,1ee

' tion 9 een be pulled from beneath the everhanging flange 5, so as to permit the central poriion S) to be drawn upwardly to disengege the sf 'ne from the tongues il). The broken rail een tlien ne moved longitudi nelly llo disengege .its oliei end. My device es e n'lini'e is ev-:reinely simple in construction and can be nimnuneltnred and pinned innni die market :it :i oonipzii'ntively lonv cost.

"While have shown end described the preferred forni of my invention, it will be obi ons that various changes in the details of oonsifuetion and in the proportions may lie resorted to for sneoessiully carrying my invencion into practice, without secrilicing any o lle novel features or departing from formed at the scope of the invention, as delined by the appended claims. Y

.Having thus described this invention, what I claim is:`

i. A device 01"" the class described ineluding a rail joint find elieir'theieor, said chair 'including e plete having one edge 'oen upon itself and the inner edge of the over-turned portion being bent upon itself to provide on overliaiiging retaining flange.

Theeombination with n rail joint in cluding rail ends, tongues formed upon said ruil ends, a central member l'iziving recesses each end thereof to receive said tongues, of e elniir including e body plate having one edge bent upon itseli and en over-turned engaging flange formed et the inner edge of the upper portion of the chair, es and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony Whereoi"J l hereunto eflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM F. SUHRER. v\fvfianesses JOHN RETHGEB, Rieimnn B. lVooDAL. 

